The purpose of this evaluation is to provide an independent, evidence-based assessment of the scope and performance of implemented and on-going EU support for Rule of Law (RoL). It focuses on interventions funded by the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA I and II), the European...

This report provides four sets of recommendations with close to forty detailed action proposals aiming at improving institutional capacities in the Western Balkans and Turkey to ensure media freedom and freedom of expression. Almost one hundred and eighty journalists, media owners, members of...

The evaluation of the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II), together with the other independent evaluations of each External Financing Instrument (EFI), that of the Common Implementing Regulation (CIR) and the Coherence Report, will be one of the sources of information to feed into...